Liam O’Neill: GAA 'code of honour' needed to tackle online abuse

'I know the social media companies won’t help us but I think we should have our own code of honour on that one'

Former GAA President Liam O'Neill: 'I know the social media companies won’t help us but I think we should have our own code of honour on that one' Picture: INPHO/Donall Farmer

Former GAA president Liam O’Neill says people who are subjecting players to online abuse should be “if possible named and shamed”.

Welcoming current president Larry McCarthy’s condemnation of the recent attacks on amateur players following Mayo GAA’s statement on Sunday that some personal comments about their footballers and management were “unnecessary and unacceptable”, O’Neill believes the GAA have become too tolerant of such behaviour.